Temp&Hum 3 click

PID: MIKROE-2937

Weight:23 g

Smart environmental temperature and humidity sensor

Temp&Hum 3 click is a smart environmental temperature and humidity sensor Click board™, packed with features which allow easy and simple integration into any design that requires accurate and reliable humidity and temperature measurements. The sensor IC has integrated sensing elements placed on the bottom of the die, so they are not directly exposed to the environmental contamination. This translates to a prolonged life of the Click board™ itself.

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Temp&Hum 3 click is a smart environmental temperature and humidity sensor Click board™, packed with features which allow easy and simple integration into any design that requires accurate and reliable humidity and temperature measurements. The sensor IC has integrated sensing elements placed on the bottom of the die, so they are not directly exposed to the environmental contamination. This translates to a prolonged life of the Click board™ itself.

Temp&Hum 3 click is a perfect solution for a wide range of applications that depend on accurate temperature and humidity readings. With its low power consumption and programmable interrupt requests capability, it is also a perfect choice for various temperature and relative humidity based IoT applications, such as smart home applications, smart thermostats, gas sensing, smoke and heat sensors, and similar.

How does it work?

The sensor IC used on the Temp&Hum 3 click is the HDC2010, a Low Power Humidity and Temperature Digital Sensor from Texas Instruments. This sensor is factory calibrated to 2% relative humidity and 0.2°C temperature accuracy. It has an integrated heating element that is used to evaporate condensation, protecting the sensor that way. This heating element can be simply activated by setting a bit in the appropriate register. In the case when the heater is powered on, the power consumption might rise to about 130mA.

Internally, two sensors are connected to the ADC section, which can be set to sample measurements with the resolution of 9, 11 or 14 bits, based on the measurement time. The OTP memory holds the calibration coefficients that are applied to the measured value and the results are stored on the output registers, in the MSB/LSB format. These values are then used in formulas found in the HDC2010 datasheet so that the final temperature or relative humidity data can be calculated. It is also possible to correct the offsets with custom values.

HDC2010 IC uses the I2C protocol to communicate with the host MCU. Its I2C bus pins are routed to the mikroBUS™ I2C pins and are pulled to a HIGH logic level by the onboard resistors. The ADDR pin of the HDC2010 is routed to the CS pin of the mikroBUS™ and it represents the least significant bit of the I2C address. The final I2C address of this IC is determined by setting this pin either to a HIGH logic level for 1, or a LOW logic level for 0.

Temp&Hum 3 click supports programmable interrupt engine, saving the host MCU from having to constantly poll the IC for data. An interrupt signal with a selectable polarity and behavior can be generated on the DRDY/INT pin of the HDC2010. It can be triggered by several event sources: it can be triggered by the temperature Lo/Hi threshold events, Humidity Lo/Hi events, as well as the readiness status of the measurement data. Setting up the interrupts can be achieved by programming the appropriate IC registers via the I2C bus. More information about these registers can be found in the HDC2010 datasheet.

HDC2010 IC itself is a very low power consuming device and it can work in two modes: sleep and active (measurement) mode. The device enters the sleep the mode as soon possible, to save power. While in the active mode, measurement can be either automatic with predefined output data rate (ODR) or on-demand. In the automatic mode, the measurement is triggered in predefined time segments, while on-demand measurement happens whenever the I2C command is sent. As soon as the single measurement is finished, the device falls back to a sleep mode.

Onboard SMD jumper is used to select the power supply voltage. This allows Temp&Hum 3 click to be used with both 3.3V and 5V MCUs.

The provided click board™ library contains simple and easy to use functions, which simplify configuring and reading of the measurement data. These functions are demonstrated in the included example application and can be used as a reference for custom projects. These functions can be used in mikroC, mikroBASIC and mikroPASCAL compilers for all MCU architectures, supported by MikroElektronika.

The click board measures the relative humidity range from 0% to 100%, it has humidity accuracy of ±2%, and it features an integrated heating element, used to evaporate condensation, smart sensor IC design, and low power consumption.

Interface

I2C

Input Voltage

3.3V or 5V

Click board size

S (28.6 x 25.4 mm)

Pinout diagram

This table shows how the pinout on Temp&Hum 3 click corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes

Pin

Pin

Notes

NC

1

AN

PWM

16

NC

NC

2

RST

INT

15

INT

Interrupt output

I2C Address LSB

CS

3

CS

RX

14

NC

NC

4

SCK

TX

13

NC

NC

5

MISO

SCL

12

SCL

I2C Clock

NC

6

MOSI

SDA

11

SDA

I2C Data

Power Supply

+3V3

7

3.3V

5V

10

+5V

Power Supply

Ground

GND

8

GND

GND

9

GND

Ground

Temp&Hum 3 click maximum ratings

Description

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Temperature Accuracy

-0.2

-

2

°C

Humidity Accuracy

-2

-

2

% RH

Operating temperature

-40

-

85

°C

Relative Humidity Operating Range

0

-

100

% RH

I2C clock frequency

10

-

400

kHz

Onboard settings and indicators

Label

Name

Default

Description

JP1

-

Left

Power Supply Voltage Selection: Left position 3V3, right position 5V

LD1

PWR

PWR indication LED

Software support

We provide a library for Temp&Hum 3 click on our LibStock page, as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers and mikroSDK. The provided click library is mikroSDK standard compliant. The demo application can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be found on our LibStock page.

Other mikroE Libraries used in the example:

I2C

UART

Conversions

Additional notes and information

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 click or RS232 click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all MikroElektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.

mikroSDK

This click board is supported with mikroSDK - MikroElektronika Software Development Kit. To ensure proper operation of mikroSDK compliant click board demo applications, mikroSDK should be downloaded from the LibStock and installed for the compiler you are using.